epiphyte
[ep-uh-fahyt]
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noun Botany.
a plant that grows above the ground, supported nonparasitically by another plant or object, and deriving its nutrients and water from rain, the air, dust, etc.; air plant; aerophyte.
Origin of epiphyte
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Those are epiphytic orchids—air-plants, you know: they require no earth for their roots: they live on the air.
Among the plant-treasure from India, Australia and Malaya were large numbers of epiphytic orchids.
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